Dispatch from Crame No. 548: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Duterte’s Amendment No. 6 according to Panelo
Duterte will do anything for China. He will be a dictator to his own people for China, if that is what it takes to protect and defend his master against the Filipinos’ resistance to Chinese invasion of Philippine waters. He will order the arrest of those who will file an impeachment case against him, for […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 547: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the start of 18th Congress
Sa pagtatapos ng 17th Congress, hindi ako tumigil at patuloy na magtatanggol sa karapatang pantao, hustisyang panlipunan, at pananagutin, bilang atas ng Saligang Batas at ng budhi, ang mga abusadong opisyal ng gobyerno at mga taksil sa bayan. Hindi ako titigil na bigyang boses ang mga biktima ng karumal-dumal na pagpatay sa likod ng War […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 546: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Duterte’s secret deal opening our EEZ to China
Duterte’s admission that he struck a deal with China in 2016 allowing Chinese fishermen to fish in our EEZ is a shocking revelation. This means that Duterte secretly entered into a bilateral fisheries agreement that should properly have been the subject of an international treaty because it lays down new policy not established by legislation. […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 545: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on Duterte’s threat to jail those who will file an impeachment complaint against him
Tulad ng inaasahan, nagpaka-Duterte na naman si Duterte sa panahong nahaharap siya sa malaking isyu—nagpaka-diktador at nagpakaduwag. Sa halip na ilabas ang tapang niya para ipagtanggol ang mga Pilipinong mangingisda at ang dignidad ng ating bansa mula sa Tsina, nanakot pa itong si Duterte na ipakukulong ang sinumang magsasampa ng kasong impeachment laban sa kanya. […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 544: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Duterte’s grant of EEZ fishing privileges to China
By allowing the Chinese to fish in the Philippines’ EEZ, Duterte has committed three of the six grounds for impeachment: culpable violation of the Constitution, treason, and betrayal of public trust. If it is eventually proven that his motivation for this grossly unconstitutional act is his acceptance of a generous bribe from China, whether in […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 543: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on the proposed joint investigation on the Recto Bank incident
I join my colleagues Sens. Drilon, Pangilinan, Trillanes, Hontiveros, and Lacson in rejecting the plan of the Duterte Administration to resolve the issues surrounding the Recto Bank incident via a joint investigation by Philippines and China. This is an outright abandonment of our jurisdiction over the crimes committed by the Chinese vessel during the incident. […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 542: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on former DFA Secretary Del Rosario’s harassment by China
There is no question that China, including its Hongkong Special Administrative Region, has the right to refuse entry to non-citizens into its territory. No doubt, in the cases of former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales and DFA Secretary Albert del Rosario, their lengthy detention at Hongkong immigration and the denial of entry to the latter; could only […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 541: Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Nanay Fedelina’s plight and the continued fight against human trafficking
I have read ABS-CBN’s reports about the plight of 82-year-old Nanay Fedelina who was a victim of modern day slavery for 65 years. At the very young age of 16, she was already isolated from her family and served her “owner’s” family across four generations. Bukod sa kanyang amo, pinagsilbihan din niya ang nanay, anak, […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 540: Sen. Leila M. de Lima’s Statement on the murder of former Medellin Mayor Ricardo Ramirez
No thanks to the Duterte regime, gangland executions have flourished as what happened to former Mayor Ricardo Ramirez of Medellin, Cebu. Considering that he was under hospital arrest, the ability of the gunmen, 15 of them with ski masks and high-powered firearms, to come within proximity and with ease to shoot Ramirez dead reeks of […]
Dispatch from Crame No. 539: THE FILIPINO PEOPLE ARE UNITED BEHIND THE GEM-VIR FISHERMEN –Sen. Leila M. de Lima
Treason is one thing. Forcing the fishermen to tow the line of the traitors is another. Yesterday, we were treated to the spectacle of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol coming down hard on Barangay San Roque, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, with what appeared to be a PNP invasion force. Piñol ordered the police to surround the […]